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Date unknown Place not stated Related account #12576

Scream

The witness, his wife and friends heard a loud chimp-like screech or scream at night above their horse camp that matched no known animal and later resembled recorded vocalizations in a documentary.

Scream
when I was in middle school, Sunday almost noon Place not stated #31e7af19-7d7b-4b98-aec5-f318aea65f92

Cryptid sighting

Home alone midday, the witness saw an old-man-like figure crawl from bushes into the backyard, sniff the air, and approach the house while making strange noises. He confronted it with an unloaded shotgun from the deck until it turned and crawled back into the brush on a trail.

Full-body sightingVocalizationAnimal behaviour
On Thursday, this week Pennsylvania #31e7af19-7d7b-4b98-aec5-f318aea65f92

Wood knock in Pennsylvania

The witness followed a trail to a rock face at dusk, heard a single loud wood knock, then glimpsed a large bipedal figure moving between trees and heard crunching footsteps alongside him. Trapped between creek brush and woods, he caught its face leaning around a tree in his spotlight. He then crashed through thorns, crossed the creek, and reached the road.

Wood knockSilhouettePartial sightingFootsteps
at the beginning of the month Pennsylvania #31e7af19-7d7b-4b98-aec5-f318aea65f92

Silhouette in Pennsylvania

The witness set up after sundown on a public trail by a creek to call raccoon. He felt watched, heard patting sounds on the water, then saw an arm-like silhouette slip back into darkness. He left for his car, drove to a fishery lot, had a stone land at his feet, and fled.

SilhouetteUnidentified soundObject throwing
Late 1980’s (either 88 or 89) Buford, Rio Blanco County, Colorado Related account #13699

Howl near Buford, Colorado

Years earlier the witness on a tree stand heard distant overlapping howls moving west, then a close limb break and beating on trees and brush behind him.

HowlWhoopTree break
when I turned like around 12 or 13 Poplar Creek, Mississippi #c5cd99c4-55f7-4913-bfd7-7a9321863b43

Property disturbance near Poplar Creek, Mississippi

The witness describes nighttime noises around trash followed by discovery that garden plants were trampled and watermelons and vegetables were torn open and half eaten. The next day more fruit trees were found with broken branches and trampled, half-eaten fruit, and peas apparently picked and eaten. An older relative attributed the damage to the local wild man figure.

Property disturbanceUnidentified sound
late at night, around 1am to 2am Tennessee #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Unidentified sound in Tennessee

After the fence encounter the witness heard walking behind an abandoned barn, then recorded video from several football fields away of loud deep thuds on the farmer's barn for about ten minutes while birds panicked. The girlfriend later heard tapping inside the abandoned barn midday, and the witness later heard loud whoops from the woods while inside the house.

Unidentified soundVocalizationWhoopFootstepsProperty disturbance
about 2 in the morning Tennessee #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Sasquatch sighting in Tennessee

Around 2 a.m. while taking the dog out, the witness heard thundering footsteps approaching and saw a very tall, very broad hairy figure run to the fence line, slam a tree and give a deep grunt. The dog froze silently with hair up, and the witness had to drag the dog inside, then shook and locked up the house.

Full-body sightingFootstepsGrowlTree break
October, after moving in March and baby in September Tennessee #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Animal behaviour in Tennessee

After moving to a house backing to farmland and woods, the witness's girlfriend felt watched at sunset while the German Shepherd stared at the woodline. For about two weeks the dogs repeatedly froze, raised hair, barked viciously, ran between doors growling, and growled from a crate at night.

Animal behaviourVocalization
the next day Kentucky #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Footsteps in Kentucky

The next day further downstream, while catching crappie, they heard a large splash crossing the creek, then a large oak tree shook violently with no wind. They heard pacing on the far bank, low grumbling growls, and small rocks thrown toward the water until the father decided to leave.

FootstepsGrowlRock throwingAnimal behaviour
when I was 16 or 17 Kentucky #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Wood knock in Kentucky

While fishing a remote spillway with his father, the witness heard distant wood knocks that got closer and heard something bipedal pacing in thick woods. A Red Bull can flew out of the woods and landed near another fisherman, which frightened the father. They left as it got dark planning to return next day.

Wood knockFootstepsObject throwing
a year later, as teens Tennessee #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Partial sighting in Tennessee

Over later visits to the same woods the witness and friends found a hair-covered shape curled like a stump, had a softball-sized rock thrown at their group, found a hung bait bucket punched open and emptied, felt hot breath and heard a grunt behind them with nothing seen, and found logs arranged like benches that gave an overwhelming feeling of dread. The witness also relayed a friend's solo report of something large jumping tree to tree with a shadow passing overhead.

Partial sightingRock throwingProperty disturbanceGrowlVocalization +2
probably about between 12 and 13 Tennessee #0db56b06-fcae-44ae-903f-281cfda906f6

Wood knock in Tennessee

After weeks of getting knock and whoop replies in woods near a neighborhood, the witness and a friend did knocks and a deep howl one night and heard heavy running and branches breaking toward them. They ran to a cul-de-sac and watched a tall hairy ape-like figure reach around a tree and step into a house floodlight, stare at them, then walk back into the woods.

Wood knockWhoopFootstepsPartial sighting
Date unknown Oklahoma #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/06/01/sc-ep110-hunter-shoots-a-sasquatch

Wood knock in Oklahoma

The guest and his daughter were walking on trails on their property when he heard a tree knock to the east and an odd crow-like sound to the west. He felt positioned between two sources and possibly walking into an ambush. He called his daughter and returned to the house.

Wood knockVocalization
Date unknown Place not stated #81486b8e-65cb-419a-baa1-ee06e8d8532f

Growl

The witness and the youth were camping off a logging road and were about 40 feet apart near their vehicle. They heard a low monotone grumbling growl and immediately ran back to the vehicle.

Growl
when I was 17 Washington #81486b8e-65cb-419a-baa1-ee06e8d8532f

Scream in Washington

When younger the witness went with two companions to the upper bunkers at night. About 25 feet away in brush they heard an extremely loud scream twice, louder the second time, followed by two heavy impacts like stomps. The three ran down to their car, terrified.

ScreamFootsteps
Date unknown Place not stated #8ebcc7ee-6871-49bd-b56c-a161f2d5c592

Footsteps

The host and a hunting partner were moving quietly through woods during daylight when they heard the loud approach of a large animal. They stepped aside facing each other as the sound passed between them. Nothing was visible despite the loud charging noise.

FootstepsUnidentified soundMovement only
Date unknown Muhlenberg County, Kentucky #8ebcc7ee-6871-49bd-b56c-a161f2d5c592

Partial sighting near Muhlenberg County

While watching a field, the witness saw a buck run out with tail tucked and heard heavy breathing in the woods behind it. The witness waited for a larger animal but none emerged. The deer then seemed to pass from front to behind instantaneously without being seen running past.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundMovement only
Date unknown Wayne County #8ebcc7ee-6871-49bd-b56c-a161f2d5c592

Vocalization near Wayne County

While driving slowly with windows down through a dip toward the excavation area, the witness heard someone yell hey. The witness stopped expecting a coworker seeking a ride, but no one was visible nearby.

VocalizationUnidentified sound
first full moon of February, after three days hard rain Place not stated #8ebcc7ee-6871-49bd-b56c-a161f2d5c592

Object throwing

The witness took several youths to a lake site after heavy rain to allow them to vocalize. After a call, a basketball-sized rock arched from across a flooded slough and landed close in the water with a deep splash. The group heard something enter the water and clicking sounds, then left.

Object throwingRock throwingUnidentified sound